Kumyk

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Etymology

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Relate to Karachay-Balkar бояу (boyau) ,Kazakh бояу (boäu) ,Krymchak бойа, Southern Altai бойу (boyu, dye), Azerbaijani boya, Turkish boya, Turkmen boýag etc.

Noun

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бояв (boyaw)

  1. dye, color, paint

Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *boda-. Cognate to Karakalpak boyaw, etc.

Verb

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бояв (boyav)

  1. (transitive) to color, paint, dye

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бояв”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN